Durable and simpler to learn than hand bells, tone chimes provide Junior campers a hand-held percussion instrument to learn in a group and play for church and special programs. Part of Glee Club, tone chimes introduce campers to musical timing, note recognition and ensemble experience. At bedtime, the soft notes of Taps played on the tone chimes ring out in the peaceful night air over Junior Camp.

In Two-Week Junior and Intermediate Camps, final activities include brief, clever thirty-minute musicals involving every camper. Teaching groups, arranged by age,  each have a singing role and simple costume for these cooperative productions.

From the earliest days of Junior Camp, the Operetta has been a meaningful musical gift performed for the sister Camps in Intermediate and Senior; parents and guests enjoy the production on the closing day of Four-Week Camp. Consistent group effort among the staff and Junior campers produces hand-painted sets, creative props and original costumes, The all-inclusive cast takes the stage in the Junior Council House for an hour of song, dance and drama that no former camper ever forgets. Nakanawa’s collection of scripts, music and set designs includes adaptations of well known musicals such as The Lion King, Annie, Mary Poppins and Aladdin.